Author Archives: Meg
Jane Austen Fanfiction
I was reading on the Common after class the other day when — ugh, this is one of the times when truth is misleading. This sounds like I left a well-executed English lesson, scooped up my papers, and walked across … Continue reading
Experience
Me, as a first-year teacher: Teaching is a noble calling, and I will change lives in the classroom. I will share my love of language and literature, and I’ll encourage my students to be their best. Decades later, my students … Continue reading
“Scoutible” on (The) Absolute
Of all the demos at this year’s TechCrunch Disrupt, Scoutible’s mobile game for replacing the job interview grabbed my attention. Some of the surrounding demos seemed like awesome tech solutions in search of a problem to solve, but, come on, … Continue reading
Twitter Eggs & Moving On
I wanted to write about how I’m done with game reviewing, and I’m really sick of being caught between obviously you can’t expect to make money at it and obviously if you write about games (while being a woman), people … Continue reading
Capt. Action Plan
I’m currently sorting out grad school options for fall. I sent my applications off last month, but I didn’t write about it because, first, if I didn’t get in anywhere, I didn’t want anyone to ask me how it was … Continue reading
Star Trek: Timelines
Every ten levels, the Timelines crew members will need four items to “advance” and permit experience to be gained from missions. Each item is related to the character (as Janeway wants coffee, or Picard has a saddle), but the drop … Continue reading
Pathfinder
I’m writing a Pathfinder campaign for a publisher of sourcebooks and pre-gen campaigns, This project is both one of the biggest gamewriting assignments I’ve worked on, and a cool throwback to my younger days playing tabletop games. I’ve always enjoyed playing … Continue reading
Classically Educated
Harold is watching Hannibal, and even though I don’t want to watch it with him, don’t want him to watch it in the same room with me, and am kinda ok with him watching it when I’m home, as long … Continue reading
That’s a Thing We’re Working On, Right?
I just spent most of the morning composing a professional work message that boils down to “Hey, guys, you’re going to include a playable female character without her boobs hanging out, right?”
